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Thursday, January 15, 2026

Group of Coral Gables residents wearing matching “Keep University Green” shirts pose inside City Hall before the Jan. 13 City Commission meeting, where some spoke against a proposed dog park.

City plans neighborhood meetings as University Drive dog park moves forward

NEWS

Coral Gables City Hall, where commissioners voted in May to change the city’s election calendar. A recent court ruling in Miami has cast new legal uncertainty over that decision.

Commission sets mail ballot for seven charter amendments following contentious debate

January 15, 2026

Coral Gables City Commission members seated at the dais during a tense debate over a proposed decorum ordinance on September 25, 2025.

Eight-hour commission meeting marked by recesses, failed censure and infighting

January 15, 2026

Portrait of Kirk Menendez, former Coral Gables city commissioner and longtime president of the Coral Gables War Memorial Youth Center Association.

Menendez steps down as president of Youth Center Association amid city lawsuit

January 15, 2026

OPINION

EDITORIAL: A tale of two Lagos

January 15, 2026

Illustration of a muted cityscape with a “Vote Local” sign and a calendar marked April, set against a simplified rendering of Coral Gables City Hall, symbolizing the debate over local election timing.

WELLS: The case for keeping Coral Gables elections in April

January 12, 2026

A lush garden fountain surrounded by mature tropical plants and stonework, with a religious statue overlooking the water, showing the established landscape of the Garden of Our Lord before proposed redevelopment.

EDITORIAL: City Commission must weigh compatibility

January 8, 2026

ARTS & LEISURE

Crowds walk past white-tent artist booths displaying paintings and sculpture along a palm-lined street at the Beaux Arts Festival of Art on the University of Miami campus.

Beaux Arts Festival marks 75 years of art, access and community at UM

January 15, 2026

Cast of Miss Nelson Is Missing! performs on stage in a colorful classroom scene, with students posing and gesturing in front of a school chalkboard backdrop.

‘Miss Nelson Is Missing!’ at Actors’ Playhouse

January 15, 2026

American gospel music takes center stage in Coral Gables on Friday, Jan. 16, as Seraphic Fire presents a full evening program at the Church of the Little Flower.

Seraphic Fire brings American gospel tradition to Coral Gables

January 15, 2026